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he has been absent 1t will be strange indeed
if he docs not make $40, 900 or so out of it.
His books are paying him better now than
any writing he ever did in the past. He has
learned that the only way to make much
money from books is to sell them 10y s,bscrip-
ton, and his "DivCrSions of Il DIPLOMAT are
to be sold i'll this way. Ills publishers are
the same as those who made 81 100000 out of
Grants book, and -Ir Cox will be satisfied if
they do one tenth well by him. His poiti-
cal book brought him i'll between s12, 600 and
$4,000, and have heard it whispered that
he got fully this much for the 'Diversioiis of
a DIPLOMAT as Il cash payment, and that he
is to get a royalty as well. l imagine this is
more than he made from his other books of
foreign travel, though understand that his
'Why We Laugh" continues to bring him in
a little pin money.
Col. Tom Bayne OF Pittsburg, is another
statesman who is here attending to house
building Rayne is putting up two very fine
stone structures Oh Massachusetts, avenue, one
Of which he expects to sell at a handsome ad-
vance over its cost. He will live in the other
and will be among the millionaire entertainers
of the coming winter. Bayne will cut con-
siderable OF Il figure il, the coming congress.
lie is a natural tighter and he has tongue
which runs like CREASED lightning when it
gets started. He has brains, however. to back
his emphatic gestures, and he will he one of
the leaders of the Republican side of the
house. | chattcd with him at the Arlington
hotel about Piitsburg and its prosperity. He
tells me that the Alabama boom has not i'll
jured it in the least and that there is no
danger of its doing 50. I'VE manufacture"
said he, "a higher grade of iron ore than the
cheap their iron becomes, ours will always
hold its own. The Lake Superior ore is the
finest in the world. and it will always turn
out a better grade Of iron and steel than the
Alabama. There is Euch Pittsburg money,
however, going south and q number of Pitts
burgers are interested in the various manu-
factories there. Our natural gas is adding a
great deal to :hc quality of our iron, and we
are going to be able to make the best cannon
i'll the world
"How so?7 asked.
"By natural gas" replied Col. Baync, "we
ale able to distribute our heat over q largo
surface in such way that can produce Il
much better quality of iron than can be made
by the Old methods. Our cannon will be
stronger than those made anywhere else, and
Pittsburg will be eventually the cannon
foundry of the world
"We expect to make the best glass in the
world through the aid of this gas and we get
through it purer heat than has ever been
gotten before. Pittsburg is growing very
fast. Allegheny county has, should Judge,
about 100000 people, and its industries grow
right along"
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When youns, man, so runs the story as
repeated by Mr.. Hayward, ''Ec admired and
sedulously sought tho society Of the most
beautiful girl he then and still thought he
had ever seen. At the end Of the London
season at Il ball she said Il go tomorrow to
Worthing; are you comm. there He dial
not go. Some months afterwar,l, being ut
Ranelagh he saw the attention of every one
drawn toward q large party that had just
entered, in the center of which was a lady on
the arm of her husband. Stepping forward
to sec this wonderful beauty, he found it was
his love. She merely said: You never came
to Worthing'" A lover SO indifferent was
not likely to have suffered from this nconc
rebukc, which meant SO much. Possibly he
thought the beauty would wait while he was
revising couplets or straining his hard bound
brains" to write fresh ones. -Four lines day
was the measure Of his poetical fecundity,
and one cannot imagine Rogers reused to IL
storm of passion, whether 10y love or poetry
"He did nothing rash," says Mrs. Norton;
81 am sure Rogers as baby never fell down
unless he was pushed, but walked from chair
to chair OF the drawing room furniture till he
reached III" place where the sunbeam fell on
the carpet. He was the very embodiment Of
quiet. The Spectator.
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of Andrew jackson, though he -ras not his
private secretary, and who was once post.
master general Of the United States
The Columbian university is another lead
ing educational institution at Washington.
Its students are white, and it has a very finc
building within a stones throw of the treas
TRY department and the White House, and in
the most fashionable quarter of the city. 1t
has medical school tuidin. on II street,
which was erected for it by Mr. Corcoran, at
a cost of SIT. 900, and its law school is held in
the university building.
The public schools Of Washington are also
very fine The colored and white scholars
have different buildings and i'll many of the
buildings the sexes are separated 1t costs
Washington from between quarter to a half
million of dollars q year for it's schools, and
about onethird Of this is set apart for the
coiored schools. The school buildings are
among the finest in the United States,
and the franklin school building, on
Franklin :'fuare, took a medal ut the
Vienna exposition, being one Of the finest
school buildings in the world The jefferson
school building viii accommodate 200 pu-
pills. and it is named after President Jefferson,
who WAS, just before his presidency, men,
Der of the Washington school board. At this
time the school fund of Washington came
from the taxes on slaves, dogs, liquors, bill
lard tables and peddlers, as le7iod il WASH
ington city, and i'll 1876 the schools were sup
ported by lottery There is Row It sell oi tax,
and the teachers get their salaries by going to
tie treasury department for them at the last
Of the month. They form III line and take
their turn in going past the window of the
cash room.
The Hon. Sam Cox is in the city looking
after his new house. This is being built
within Il stones throw of Blaine's big man
sion and just next the one he sold before he
went to Turkey. He says he expects to sell
this after taking the trouble of building it.
| doubt not that he will do so and that he will
make a nice little sum from it. lie is Il
thrifty fellow. this humorous statesman, and
of late everything that he has been touch
ing seems to have turned into gold. | don't
mean in large way, bat in very comfort
able way. His other house cost him S30,0
He sold it for $4,000 cash after holding it
not moro than ii year OF so. He bought his
present lot when prices were comparatively
low. and it rlll>t have doubled III value while
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PLAN OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY.
will contain library of 10000 Volumes and
will have lecture room seating 800 persons
1t viii take from one to three years to erect
the bull ling, and after its completion it is
supposed that the other buildings will be rap
idly begun. One of the estimates of the
total cost of the university is. am told
$S,o00,00o, and the leading men of the church
hero say that it will have the finest professors
i'll the world 1t is to he located very near
the Soldiers home, and better situation for
great school coul! not he foua,l. Tie
ground is high and part of it ove.ooks the
city BY the time it is built the university
will have close connection with the city by
street or cable cars, and in addition to tie
advantages of tho university itself the great
scientific, literary and art collections of
Washington will be opened to its students.
Washington is destined to become the c,l,,-
cational center of the United States 1t has
already number of schools and colleges and
there is no better place i'll the country for the
study of science, medicine and the law The
largest medical library in the world is, [
think, that of the surgeon generals Office.
md tho largest general library in the United
States is tho library of congress at the Capt.
tol. The scientific collections of the Smith
sonian institution are surpassed nowhere in
this country, and lectures on scientific sub
jccts are given here free throughout the wear.
As 70 the law colleges of Washington, the most
eminent lawyers of the country are here. and
the best of these lecture to the students The
courts are of every kind, from the lowest to
the highest, and the supreme court of the
United States holds open sessions Tho gov
eminent scientists are often lecturers in the
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This new university, while Catholic in lis
management, will be open to all, and it will
probably be patrorized by students of all re-
ligions. II will be by no means the only
Catholic institution at the capital The
Jesuit college at Georgetown is one of the
oldest colleges III the United States, and its
new building is INTELLECTUALLY one of the
finest. This college was founded in the first
year Of Washngton's presidency, and two
years from now it will be 100 years old. Its
college buildings are situated on q brow of
hill overlooking the Potomac, and tie
grounds cover more than 100 acres. 1t has
an old library, which makes one think of the
libraries OF Oxford and Cambridge. and the
OLD brick building, which was erected nearly
100 years ago out of imported bricks, still
stands behind the new stone structure 1t is
In this building that tho library is situated.
md no one can fail to be impressed
by walking through the alcoves which
contain its 1000 volumes. Among these are
some Of the rarcst manuscripts in the coun-
try, and there are :nrec which date back
beyond A. d. 400. One hundred of the vol
umcs were printed between 1860 and 1920,
and the shelves contain many rare and Gu
rious works. Just below this university is
the Georgetown convent, one of the noted fe-
beside it is the Georgetown academy. In
these schools many of the fashionable society
ladies of Washington were educated, and they
are seldom without the daughters of many
public men among their pupils The Catholic
society of Washington is large and fashion
able one. Tho majority of the diplomats at
tend the Catholic church. Gen. Sheridan sa
Catholic, Mrs. Gen. Sherman is a member of
st. Matthews, and Mrs Admiral Dahlgren
is one Of the leaders of the Catholic society of
Washington. There arc twelve Catholic
churches here, and one of these is colored
Washington has one of the most noted
colored colleges Of the country, and it has ono
of the most noted deaf and dumb schools in
the world. The Howard university, devoted
to the education of the colol cd race, has now
about 800 students and its extensive grounds,
by the rapid increase of suburban values III
Washington, make it wealthy. 1t has Il big
building and il has schools Of theology, medi-
cine and law, beside its collegiate department.
It admits both sexes, and it turns out some
very able graduates The National Deaf
Mute college visited last when Queen Kapio-
lani was here. 1t has magnificent building
covering nearly half IN acre, and it is under
the charge Of Mr. Gallnudet, one OF the most
noted teachers Of the deaf and dumb in the
world. The grounds about it arc known as
Kendall Green, and the college is located on
what was previously the homo Of Amos Ken
dali, tho man who acted rs the Dan Lamont
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nurse the sick, has I II-iEE NO ONE TO SEND.
determined to 80 for the latter purpose her
self
But the days of the civil war have long
since passed into histnr-. Many OF the cuts
on the old envelopes | have been writing Of
show traces of the bitterness that wa, iucv tn
bic then | have not reproduced any of
these, for today the white winged
angel of peace looks down upon and
hroods over Il reunited nation--a land III
hahitcd hv brethren whose 1ul'nn is only
til" stronger for the terrible test to which it
was put twenty odd Years ago And every
gooi man hopes and trusts that the demon of
civil war may never again visit this fair
land. SEYMOUR SPENCER.
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"Pittsburg paid out in wages in 1880 &c.,
100000" Col. Bayne continued, land am
sure that it pays out at least So, 100000 a
year now. We have numberof high priced
men among our laborers, and the skilled men
in the foundries get s., so and SIS day
There are 1000 men, should judge, in Pitts
burg who receive at least $1,000 year sal
aries, and Andrew Carnegie has one foreman
whom he pays s25, 900 q year"
''Then suppose that Pittsburg employers
deal very fairly with their employees"
II think they do The majority of our rich
men-and we have a number of them-are
men who have made their own money. They
have worked their way up to their present
positions by brains and muscle, and they
know how to appreciate their laborers from,
having been in the same places themselves"
THOMAS j. TODD.
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A MODERN LAGOON. ,cnrnscutino an
parently, the cause of the trouble, rs viewed
by an impatient nor;hrrncr.
One picture contained the face Of fine
looking young negro. Over it We're the
words: ''Thc innocent cause of the war"
Another showed !arky backing boots.
He says: 'By golly, Massa Butler, | like dis
better dan workin in de field.
John Bull received numerous attentions
from the hand of the envelope funny man
One cut shows two horses travclin. side hv
side, ono stamped with tho Union ilay and
the other with the Confederate coors y fat
man representing john Bull is cn,lcavorin@
to ride them both with bale of cotton on
his shoulders. Underneath the picture are
these words: ''John Bull in His PcrlolIs Feat
of HorscmanSllip"
The pathetic side of the story was not for
gotten by tho envelope illustrator. \ Num-
bcr of expressly" pictures ii wonan's worl,
for the sol'tcrs are to he found One repre-
SCENTS a handsome, matronlv woman maxim.
bread. She is saying. If I cannot fight
can feed those who do" Another shows an
elderly lady sewing hv lampli"ht Under
meath are the words: 'Our hearts ARE will,
them" One of the prcttic,t pictures i, II We
man sewing Il blue coat. She has on a red
dress and long white apron. Over her waves
the Stars and Stripes. The motto reads:
''Our hearts are with our brothers in the
field. Here perhaps is the most expressive
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Cuts containing caricatllres of jefferson
Davis seem to have been favoritcs at tho
north. They arc of almost every imaginable
description. Ono is entitled jeff Taking
Washington. 1t is Il picture of q photos-
rapher with his camera pointed toward {.
distant city. Another represents three fig
ures, a big and little boy, each in regimentals,
addressing q goddess of liberty Under it is
this:
Jeff Davis-Plcasc, mann my big brothers
won't let me alone.
"Godde>s of Libcrty-Well, it serves you
right; why don't You mind your Uncle Abe!
Just wait until Mcclellan comes i'll contact
with you; lie will give You such Il sound
thrashng you'll never complain again.
Another cut showed HE Confederate chief
tain looking through the glasses OF show
mans box Of views. Tho Snowman remarks:
"At the end of the uveEuc you perceive
White House. Keep your eye on it and it
will dissolve and fade from your view"
Some of the southern envelopes contained
first rate like1Nsses of Mr.. Davis as lie APP
peared at the time.
The Zouaves especially came in for a good
share OF illustration Here is an example
which speaks for itself:
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Of them all. The
figure represents Il
woman who. as III"
cannot send ANY
one to fsllt-niay
II" her own loved
ones llavN been kill
ed or WOUNDED! in
thN Ntrlf.-nnr In
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Especial Correspondence. |

Especial Correspondence
New York, Sept. 27.-Within stones
throw of Printing House square, in an odd
corner of the second story of an old building,
came across today II unique relic of tho
war. 1t was collection, in scrapbook
shape, OF tho illustrated envelopes used
throughout both the north and south during
the eventful years Of lSG0-Gl-G2-G3 and 1864.
The place where this odd work had lain hid
din for don't know how long is known as
the Literary Junk Shop. Its dust covered
shelves and old, musty books arc great at
traction to lovers of the odd and rare in liter
allure, and at almost any hour Of the
day you can find some old bool.w
there, deeply engaged porting over its treas
ures. The collection is i'll three volumes, and
contains LOO envelopes. To certain ex-
tent the pictures form consecutive history
of the chief events of the war. They range
from grave to gay, highly colorcd and very
sober; some arc drawn with care, while others
arc the rudest of outline sketches. Naturally
flags and notices prcdominatc and patriotic
sentiments are the most numerous. Here is
one of the envelopes that had q wide circula-
ton and which all who remember the excite
ment OF the early days Of the war will
recognize at glance:
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Equally expressive and characteristic" wcrc
those issued in response on the other side of
Mas,n and Dixons line No sooner Ind the
above appeared than from the south came
this, tn" flags being printed in red, white and
blue and She cut Of the ta.imctto in blue:
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The Neck of the Giraffe.

In spite of its enormous length it only pos
sesses the seven vertebrB which are common
to nearly all the mammals In consequence
it is nearly rs infexible as a wooden bar of
equal length, SO that the many pretty pict
ures which represent giratfes curving their
necEs gracefully, after the manner of swans,
are ludicrously wrong. But" said the OBJ
jectors, ''if it had so long and innexible
neck it could not Craze, and being ruminant
animal would die of hunger" 1t is quite true
that it cannot Craze. 1t can only lower its
head near the ground by spreading its fore
legs as widely as possible and drawing its
hind legs under them, thus presenting most
ludicrous aspect. In its native state it never,
as far as | know, even attempts to lower its
head to the ground, but i'll captivity it can be
induced to do so by laying on the ground a
largo lump of sugar, of which it is inorllin-
ately fond.
The fact is that it is intended to Craze, not
on the ground, but on the leaves of trees
The acacia. or mimosa, is its favorite tree,
and the Dutch colonists have i'll consequence
called tho acacia by the name of ''kamcel-
DORM G., camel thorn, they invariably
giving the name of ''camei'' to the giraffe.
This mode of feeding involves another anon
aous structure. This is the tongue, on which
the giraffe is almost as much dependent as is
the elephant on its proboscis. 1t is possessed
Of wonderful powers of extension and con-
traction, and can be narrowed until it almost
resembles the corresponding organ Of the ant
eater. Tho peculiar powers of the tongue can
well be seen when the animal takes the sugar
from the ground. 1t does not attempt to
seize the sugar with its lips, but protrudes its
tongue to its fullest extent, twists the mar
coveted dainty into its mouth. When it feeds
! on the trees it picks off leaf after leaf quito
daintily, selecting those which are most to its
toStn -CooI Words
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"N1other-Why, Johnny, what have you

"Mother-Why, Johnny, what have you
been doings
Johnny the battered one)-Oh, nothing;
Joe and We're playing Scott and Beaurcgar,l,
and was Beauregard, that's ALL"
AS was quite natural, the negroes figured
largely i'll the pictures. Ono represented
three grinnins ,larkies playing bones, tam
BOURNE and banjo, and was entitled "Music
by the Contra Band" Another showed two
darl.ies talking,
"Juius-Is your massa Union or Session.
"Sam-Why, he's Session.
"Juius-Den pities you; you was as good
leben hundred dollar nigga as eber SEQ, an
now Yer amt wuf wun cent'
Some handsome pictures of flags are on these
envelopes of both the Union and Confederate
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states. Often those
of the latter cover
the entire face Of
the envelope. Gen
orally underneath
the flags are such
legends as these:
I'VE stand by our
flag" Orally round
the flag 'Thc
Union now and
forever" "I'll float
again DER Sumter, "
death before dis
honor,n etc. Cod
desscs Of Liberty
We're also Il favoritc
figure. Hero is one
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OLD WAR ENVELOPES.
SOME HUMOROUS DESIGNS OF
10000.

How tho Fancics of tic Funny Artists
Found Vent in the Days Of the Civil
Strife-Dcsisns That Are Pathetic as
WeiI-A Rare Find,
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Poking fun at each others armies was ex-
pressed in many of the cuts. One picture
represented two boys and their mother. One
boy was bruised and battered and his clothn.
was torn half from him Tho other boy had
on n military hat and was in fine trim, his
arms doubted in fighting position. Under
the cut was this:
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A Novelist Mt Work.

Mr.. Walter Besant only devotcs three or
four hours day to producing copy. The
rest of his working time he devotes to revision
and to cleaning fresh material from The world
about hin-New York Tribune.
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WESTINGHOUSE SCHOOLS.
THE NEW CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
AND ITS PROSPECTS.
The Capital an Educational Center.
Georgetown College, the Howard Uni
vcrsity and Kendall Green-Tom sayne
Talks of Pittsburg's High Priced Men.
Special Correspondence!

Special Correspondencc.I
NASHINGTOH, Sept. 27-Thc architect for
the new Catholic university .as been selected.
The plans are already drawn, and the work
OF its erection viii soon be begun, The uni
vcrsity is to cost millions. and it will prob
ably be the lost complete educational insti-
tuition in the United States 1t is already
largely endowed. and the plans indicate that
no expense is to be spared i'll its construction.
1t is TO comprise five large buildings, the first
Of which will he the Divinity building. This
will cost Sl13.0o0 1t will he five stories high,
will he after the Romanesque style of archi-
lecture and viii be built ot brick and stone 1t
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now bridge across tho Tiber at Rom" is
to be named in honor of Garihalli
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-27

John Buryanek was fined So and costs
by Magistrate Bennett this morning for
assaulting France j. PlOthe.
The discovery was made this morning
that some time Thursday night thieves
had broken into Gross ice chest on
Sixth avenu, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, and stolen two lars
of butter, representing a valuation of
about S15.
Yesterday Justice Cooke fined James
and Willie Retro, both boys, $40 and
costs for disturbing the peace. The cem>
planning witness is Mrs. G. E. Barnes, and
she claims the boys made unnecessary
noises about her premises. Eighth street
and Sixth avenue.
L. A. Jones, passenger agent of the |.
B II W road at indianapolis, while
going from the G., r. |. & 2. depot tc
the home Of his wife's relations on
Charlotte avenue, Davenport. was held
up on the east part of Davenport, Mon
day night, and relieved of $40. The
police were not notified until Yesterday
morning.
In Justice Hawes' court yesterday, MAJ
Beardsley appearing for the defense and
States Attorney Entrikin for the prose
cutlOn, the charge against James Linehan
of assauting with attempt to rape Lizzie
Auty in court house square three weeks
ago was changed to assault and battery
and fine OF S25 and coats imposed
with order of commitment until salt
amount is paid